A man of weight 40 kg floats on the water in a lake. His apparent weight is :-

40 kg

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35 kg

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zero

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20 kg

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Solution

The correct option is C zero
Apparent weight is 0 as the man is floating on the surface.As apparent weight= Weight of body-weight of liquid displaced.
And for floating bodies both are same hence zero.

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